Yoji Anjo | |
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Born |
Suginami, Tokyo, Japan |
December 31, 1969
Other names | Mr. 200% |
Nationality | Japanese |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 90 kg (200 lb) |
Division | Light Heavyweight |
Team | Team Kingdom |
Teacher(s) |
Yoshiaki Fujiwara Nobuhiko Takada Akira Maeda |
Years active | 1985–2015 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 6 |
Wins | 0 |
Losses | 5 |
By knockout | 1 |
By submission | 3 |
By decision | 1 |
Draws | 1 |
Other information | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Yoji Anjo (安生 洋二 Anjō Yōji?) (born December 31, 1969) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.
A former practitioner of judo, sumo and muay thai, Anjo tried professional wrestling after meeting Nobuhiko Takada. He passed the original Universal Wrestling Federation's entrance tests and had his debut on July 6, 1985 against Osamu Hoshina. He only wrestled a handful of matches for the company, as it collapsed later in the year and its roster moved back to New Japan Pro Wrestling, where Anjo debuted as a low-ranking member of the UWF "invading" army. Often teaming with fellow shooter Tatsuo Nakano, he feuded with names like Akira Nogami, Osamu Matsuda and Masakatsu Funaki as part of the NJPW junior heavyweight division. He eventually left the company in 1988 following Takada, Akira Maeda and the rest of his crew to form the second incarnation of UWF.
In 1988, already in UWF Newborn, Anjo climbed up the card and adopted a more eccentric image for himself, wearing zebra tights and bondage gear and using heelish sneaky tactics in the ring. He participated in a different style fight a the U-COSMOS event against Changpuek Kiatsongrit, and also wrestled Holland exponent Dick Vrij. Just before the promotion disgregated in several companies, Anjo got a high level victory against Minoru Suzuki.